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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	Germany	Norway	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	4,463	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	4,492	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	4,515	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	4,539	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	4,566	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	4,593	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	4,624	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	4,662	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	4,710	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	4,769	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	4,830	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	4,890	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	4,954	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	5,020	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	5,081	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	5,138	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	5,191	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	5,237	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	5,278	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	5,313	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	5,349	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	5,380	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	5,409	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	5,458	5,657

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.